Modern trends in CFD simulations: Application to GTL technology

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Akhtar, Abid ^a   Pareek, Vishnu K ^a   Tade, Moses O ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFD; Eulerian Eulerian; GTL; Multiphase reactors; VOF

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; HERBICIDES; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; MULTIPHASE REACTORS; VOLUME OF FLUID;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 38949133196     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1000     Document Type: Article

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